Artsmark20 school library campaign
Introduction
Do you have a designated library space? Does it need some love?
Is it an inclusive, welcoming space, and how could you use it more creatively?
In this bumper birthday year for Artsmark, we’re celebrating the vital role libraries play in the creative lives of children throughout their education – supporting not only literacy and learning, but imagination, reading for pleasure, creativity and wellbeing.
We’re lining up all sorts of ways you and your young people can show your library some love as part of your Artsmark journey.
Greenaway Greats for Artsmark20
We’ve teamed up with CILIP and Peters Books to create a special Artsmark20-inspired reading scheme, ‘Greenaway Greats’, to offer young people a fantastic reading opportunity featuring outstanding illustration.
Mirroring the annual Kate Greenaway Awards Shadowing Scheme, ’Greenaway Greats’ offers a diverse selection of award-winning illustrated books and accompanying reading resources for each title, supporting young people to:
read for pleasure
discover stories through illustration
discuss and debate with friends
develop visual literacy skills
get creative and produce their own artwork inspired by the books
Literary events for schools
Join the National Literacy Trust’s free webinar series, open to all library staff or teachers based in primary or secondary schools, public or community libraries across the UK.
Thursday 30 June
4.00pm to 5.15pm
Diversity Beyond the Bookshelf - Engaging library and school communities
The final webinar of this series will look at the wider role of schools and libraries in supporting diversity outside of their collections through community empowerment. You will explore a range of community engagement case studies and have opportunity to share your own ideas and experiences with the group.
BookTrust Represents
Bring an author to your school for FREE this summer term! Booktrust Represents is a programme created to promote and improve the representation of People of Colour in children’s literature so that all children read a range of books that reflect them and their wider communities.
Tuesday 5 July
9:30am-10:15am
Rashmi Sirdeshpande
Explore the news with award-winning children’s author, Rashmi Sirdeshpande. Rashmi will lead an interactive talk, activity and Q&A focused on her book, Good News, illustrated by Adam Hayes. Good News was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2022 and shows readers the facts about the biggest challenges we face on Earth but also the facts about the progress we’ve made already and the amazing people all over the world working hard to make a difference.
Appropriate for year groups 5 and 6 (ages 8-11)
Inspiring content
An ode to the school library
Read this inspiring article from Children’s Laureate, Cressida Cowell, on why school libraries matter. There’s some great ideas on how to bring more love to your library.
Share the library love!
If you’re proud of your library, want to shine a spotlight on your school librarian or you’re on a mission to develop your library provision from the ground up, tell us all about it and we’ll see how we can share your stories.
